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koxtunaaʾít.

I will tell the story of it.

tiraaʾiitUxtaáNIš	natanuu-	NUxtaakunuuwaáWI	–	kuNAhúx	–
It is a true story	(of) one	of ours who was living	–	an old man	–

nuuxAxaáNU	xunáNIš.
who was named	Soldier.

sinoó	AhnuxčipiriíNU	číkuʾ weNAhkUtpsiwaáhNA
Yet	when he was young	when he was about winters old

nooxiniʾ na taWIšaápis	–	noowitiraaWIhkaʾiíšAt	–	weNAhkUhunuu-	waáWI	NIhkuraaNAxweekoóčI.
eighteen,	–	then he went hunting	–	when they went	around	when they looked for things.

nuu	wehnaátA	nuu	wehnaátA	skaweéraaʾuʾ
There	as he went,	there	as he went	west,

číkuʾ nookanawitiihunuuwá	číkuʾ niinakukootíkA
there there was nothing going round	nothing for him to kill

číkuʾ niinaakuranikaaʾiišá	tsástš.
some for him to bring home	meat.

tiwehnuútA	–	tiwehnuútA	–	hUhtiísuʾ	wewitIsakuuníšwoʾ
As it was,	–	as it was,	–	finally	it was about sunset

číkuʾ niikohnuutAxítIt	–	AhnakAhaanáwi	–	sáhniš.
whatever happened	–	its being the odor	–	a human.

nuu	wehnaátA	noowitIhaapé.
There	as he went	there was a tree.

naaNIšú	wituhnaaké	atíštIt	nakukoosaátA.
Really	it was a nice tree,	good	for one to climb up on.

wehnatkáʾU	noowitíʾ	sčiRIhkaapinát	tiwehnaWAhnaáhu.
When he heard it	it was	a wolf	when it was howling.

noowitiwískaʾ	parúNIt	toxkoosáʾAt.
Then he thought:	"Quickly	let me get up on it!"

a	noowitikoosáʾAt	niiʾaNAhaápI.
And	then he went up	where the tree was.

noowiteehaah-	níhIt	aNAhaápI	niiwehnakoohaahkaátA.
There was a	single tree	the tree	where he went on the prairie.

noowiti-	koosáʾAt.
Then he	climbed up on it.

atíštIt	noowiwituhkUxiwaáRIt.
Well	then he seated himself comfortably.

kanawituxtaačeéʾA	noowiteekUxuhčitáʾ
It was not long	then they came running over the hill

číkuʾ niikohnuhnaánuʾ	sčiRIhkaapinát.
however many there were	wolves.

noowewiteeraawakaah-	taʾaáhuʾ.
Now they were all	howling.

noowitištsaaweerawiítIt	niiʾAhnakoo-	sákUx.
Then they put their paws up against it	where he was	sitting on top.

tsu	noowitiraná	niíšuʾ.
But	he had them	arrows.

kaništanuhkáʾIt	tⁱnaákuʾ.
They didn't have them	guns.

noowitiwískaʾ	nookanaxteekUxawaníkuʾ	niíšuʾ	nát-	kuʾ.
Then he thought:	"I will not just shoot them	arrows	without	purpose.

–	kutiraáNIš	naáNIt	nakUxaakaareétIt.
–	It was to be	really	when it opened its mouth

–	noo-	witiwískaʾ	kunoxtootUhuunookuwáNIt.
–	Then	he thought:	"I'll shoot it into its mouth."

a	nikunoowituúta	wenehkuraawiinúʾa
And	then that is what he did:	when they came charging

wenehkišwiNAsaaweereétIt	sčiRIhkaapinát	noo-	witiiwáNIt.
when they raised their forepaws up on it	the wolves,	then	he shot it.

noowituhniišUhuunookuwáNIt.

Then he shot the arrow into its mouth.

noowituu-	tIsaapiraáʾAt	na	noowitiʾiitoóxIt.
Then it	rolled over	and	then it lay still.

wah	tiinikuwehnuutaánu	wehnakawoótiku
Now	while he was doing this	when he was killing them,

wehnakawoótiku	AhnoowewitikohniwiíkUx.
when he was killing them,	then the dead bodies were piled up.

wehnuutAxkoosákUx	noowitiwískaʾ	Axtóh	kaakíʾ	nataakutakaáhAt.
While he was just sitting on top	then he thought:	"Certainly	I canno	t get down."

wah	tiwehnuútA	tiwehnuútA	uunawaa-	ríčI	AhwituuxaWIsunuuwá.
Now	as it was,	as it was	the	others	they were just lingering around for a while longer.

nootiRAsačipiítIt.

Then they gathered together.

–	nootiraáNAt.
–	Then they went

–	wekaaku-	naaneešawíhAx.
–	There was a	multitude of them.

číkuʾ	NAsawíʾuʾ	kohniikawoótIt.
About	thirty	he must have killed them.

wehnakoosákUx	noowitiwískaʾ	Axtóh	aatoo-	xátA
While he sat on top	then he thought:	"Certainly	if I	should go

naraatawé	kuúNUx	axkuuhunáx.
perhaps	a bear	maybe he'll find me.

tiiháʾ	neetoxkoosákUx.
Here	let me stay up on top!"

wah	tiwehnakoosákUx	kaakiiRAtkAhaahčeenoókuʾ	awirítkAt.
Now	as he sat on top	the night is not long	in summer.

wah	tiwehnuútA	noowitiihaahtawiitikUxítIt.
Now	as it was	then it began to become daylight.

wehneehaahtawiitikUxítIt	noowitiwískaʾ	aatox-	tanooʾaáhNA	–
When it began to become daylight	then he thought:	"If I	extracted them	–

niíšuʾ	naraátawe	–	xanuhnaanapítaahAt.
the arrows,	maybe	–	they might turn back."

noowitiriškUxawáNIt	–	na	–	noowitiwískaʾ	nuunee-	šuxtoswá.
Then he threw the arrows away	–	and	–	then he thought:	"Let	them lie there!"

na	noowititakaáhAt.
And	then he got down.

AhnoowituúNAx.

Then he just ran.

tiwehnaátA	tiwehnaátA	wehnakaaʾiišátA	nuu	wewitoosaahtáʾ.
As he went,	as he went,	when he was going home	there	the sun now came up.

naáNIt	witiihaahtawiítIt	wehneehuuwiraátA.
Really	it became daylight	as he ran.

nuuwehnaátA	AhnuxtaačeéʾA	AhnuxkoohaahkaʾaáhNA.
As he went there,	it was a long time	his being on the prairie.

nootiwísAt	wenataraapačeéhu	áxkUx	wenakutoókUt.
Then he arrived	what we say	one	its being the time.

wehnaWIsátA	noowitiwaákoʾ	číkuʾ Ahnoowekaakatiraa-	hunáx.
After he arrived,	then he said:	"I just did not find	anything.

waáwi	šineekukoótit	sčiRIhkaapinát.
They n	early killed me	wolves.

číkuʾ koh-	natiikawoótIt–	wiitaʾuʾ na šíhUx	–	naraatawé	NAsawíʾuʾ.
I must have	killed them–	twenty-five,	–	perhaps	thirty.

noo-	wetikohniwiíkUx.
The	dead are piled up there now."

wah	–	niinuhnaaʾuúʾA	–	šikaakiwakuuniiNIšikUxítIt.
Now	–	as is the way	–	they began to doubt what he said.

nooWIšitⁱnaWAxkUxítIt.

Then they began to laugh at him.

noowitiwaákoʾ	–	toxtaahnaaničitawiítIt.
Then he said:	–	"Let's mount up!

–	toxtaahnaáNAt.
–	Let's go!"

noowitiraaničitawiítIt	niikohnuhnaánuʾ.
Then they mounted	however many there were.

nootuu-	taakIsiráxAt.
Then he	led them.

nuu	noowitiRAhwísAt.
There	then they arrived.

wewitIsakUhteerípiRIt.

It was now afternoon.

tsu	tiwehnaraaničitáWI	wewitiRAhkatariíʾI.
But	since they were on horseback	they were now fast.

noo-	witiRAhwísAt	na	inoowitiikohniwiíkUx.
Then	they arrived	and	there the dead were piled up.

na	noowitiwískaʾ	toxtanoóʾa	niísuʾ.
And	then he thought:	"Let me take them out	the arrows!"

noowititakaáhAt.

Then he got down.

na	noowitiranooʾaahnuuxítIt	niíšuʾ.
And	then he began to take them out	arrows.

číkuʾ kanawitihwáčiʾ	tⁱnawaaríčI	šohniiNIšwakuu-	náwo.
They did not say anything	these	the ones who were	doubting him.

na	nooteeraánaʾ	na	noowiteeRAhwísaʾ.
And	then they came	and	then they arrived back.

noo-	tiraaʾiitUxkatawiíhAt.
Then	word was passed around.

noowitihwáčiʾ	tiraáNIš	xunaáNIš.
Then they said:	"He is truthful	Soldier.

waáwi	šikooxihkoótIt	sčiRIhkaapinát.
They n	early killed him	wolves.

šiteh-	niináʾAx.
They must	have chased him.

kunohnitáʾAt.

Then he climbed up.

nooteehaahníhIt	nuuxaápI.
There was a single tree	where the tree was.

číkuʾ nii	waáwi	kohnuúta.
I do not k	now wh	at he would have done.

waáwi	šikooxehkanéʾIs	sčiRIhkaapinát.
They w	ould have eaten him up	the wolves.

tsu	tiwehnatá-	kUx	noowitiwaákoʾ	weNAtkuWIskáʾA	koxteekoótIt.
But	when he sat	on it	then he said:	'When I thought,	I will kill them.

nootatiihaakawáNIt.

I'll just shoot one in the mouth.

na	tiraanaáNIs	nootatikoótIt.
And	it is truly the way	then I'll kill it!'"

wehnaaWIsá	noowitihneésiš	a	či	NAxiwáhNIš.
When he arrived back	then they found out:	"And	here	you are truthful!

a	či	nikuNAxuúta.
And	here	that is what you did!"

na	noowitiwaákoʾ	xunáNIš	waaxtóh	kaakatihčeéšIt.
And	then he said	Soldier:	"Now truly	I do not lie.

weNAtkuwaákA	teenikuwetatuúta.
When I said:	'This is what I did.

tiiháʾ	nikuwetatuúta	nikutiraawáhNIš.
Here	it is what I did,'	that is the truth.

wekaakatihčeešaanúʾ.

I have not been lying.

tsu	šineškuuNUx-	wakuunáwoʾ.
But	you were	doubting me.

nikutiraačítA	wenataraahnaanátA.
That is the reason	for our going.

wenee-	šuhnaahneésiš
Now you	have learned."

wah	–	tiwenatáwe	–	tatsuuxeéRIt	kuNAhúx.
Now	–	while he was among us	–	I saw him	the old man.

wetúx	kuNAhúx.
He was	an old man.

–	tehnúx	xunáNIš.
–	He must have been	a soldier

–	na	tiraa-	naáNIs	naaxaáNU	xunáNIš.
–	And	it was	truly the way	his being named	Soldier.

ipáhniʾ	nikutóx	naahukosčiripásIt.
His grandfather	he was the one	Little Brave.

niku-	tatakuunaakunáhAs	–	nuu	–	nuxwanú
That	one died for us	–	there	–	when he was going around

France	nuu	nuuxapakú	First	World	War.
(in) France	there	when he was fighting	First	World	War.

wah	teenikutuhnaaʾiitUxúʾ.
Now	this is the story.